"Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood..." - Quote by Jane Austen
Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.
More by Jane Austen
“There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. - Mr. Knightley”
“I do not think I ever opened a book in my life which had not something to say upon woman's inconstancy. Songs and proverbs, all talk of woman's fickleness. But perhaps you will say, these were all written by men.”
“Which of all my important nothings shall I tell you first?”
More on Society
“Wealth cannot purchase any great private solace or convenience. Riches are only the means of sociality.”
“After all, I do not have so many ways of proving that I am free. We is always free at the expense of someone else. It is a bother,but it is normal.”
“Education is the way to achieve far-reaching results, it is the proper way to promote compassion and tolerance in society.”
More on Privacy
“For a love to grow through the test of everyday living, one must respect that zone of privacy where one retires to relate to the inside instead of the outside.”
“A village is a hive of glass, where nothing unobserved can pass.”
“All safe deposit boxes in banks or financial institutions have been sealed... and may only be opened in the presence of an agent of the I.R.S.”